Perl is a free, open source programming language created by Larry Wall. Perl aims for adjectives like "practical" and "quick" and not so much words like "structured" or "elegant".

A Perl script is a text file, which keeps perl code in it and it can be executed at the command line by invoking the interpreter on your application, as in the following:

This document was born because some users are reluctant to learn Perl, prior to jumping into mod_perl. I will try to cover some of the most frequent pure Perl questions being asked at the list.

A filehandle is the name for an I/O connection between your Perl process and the I/O device. These names are used without a special prefix character so it is suggested that you use ALL …

In fact, it's quite the opposite – the Perl motto is "There's more than one way to do it", and Perl allows you to program whichever way makes most sense to you.

Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a powerful and adaptable scripting language. Perl became very popular in early 90’s as web became a reality.

Perl will let you write cryptic code, but Perl code does not have to be cryptic. Use the -w flag.